Although Jay's suggestion works perfectly, for the sake of completeness, the
centre brackets are actually superfluous
(\[)*(\])
replace with
\1text\2
will work just as well
And if the square brackets are no longer required neither are the round
brackets so in those circumstances, replace the string
\[*\]
with
text
An updated version of the web page Jay has linked is available at
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
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Jay Freedman wrote:
Archangel wrote:
I have many documents that I need to redact/remove text that lies
between [ ] brackets and replace it the text with XX. Is there a way
to do this?
EX:
blah blah blah blah blah [blah blah blah] blah blah blah.
would be replaced with -
blah blah blah blah blah [XX] blah blah blah.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Mike
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm.
The Find expression should be
(\[)(*)(\])
The Replace expression should be
\1XX\3
Don't forget to click More and check the "Use wildcards" box. Then
click Replace All.